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The Victorian woman

Title: The Victorian woman / Suzanne Fagence Cooper.
Author: Cooper, Suzanne Fagence.
Publication: London : V & A Publications ; New York : Distributed in North America by Harry N. Abrams, 2001.

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Description

95 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm

Summary

"This book explodes the myth of the passive Victorian woman, and demonstrates how women rose to the challenges of the age of empire and industry. Drawing on the new Victorian medium of photography as well as the huge range of images from advertising and magazines, it creates a fascinating picture of the diversity of women's achievements at this time." "Queen Victoria herself had a profound impact on her female subjects. She strongly influenced their attitudes to marriage, motherhood and bereavement, as she shared these experiences with many of her countrywomen. It was during her reign that many pioneering women pushed back the boundaries of the masculine world, and fought for recognition of their skills as doctors, teachers, artists and adventurers. Many of their stories are told here. In addition, the daily struggles of countless working women are movingly presented, based on the evidence of novels, paintings and their own first-hand accounts." "From mill-girl to monarch, the resilience and vitality of Victorian women is vividly captured in this attractive book, providing a fascinating glimpse of how women carved out new roles in their rapidly changing world."--Jacket.

Subject

Genre/Form

Paper (fibre product) boards (binding components)
History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-93) and index.

Contents

Machine derived contents note: MYTH AND REALITY -- The Angel in the House 10 -- Motherhood 16 -- Marriage and 'Redundant Women' 18 -- Death and Mourning 22 -- Children and Illegitimacy 26 -- Prostitutes and Mistresses 30 -- Art and Morality 34 -- WOMEN AND WORK -- Shopping 42 -- Domestic Service and Manual Labour 44 -- Seamstresses and Milliners 48 -- Factories and Workshops 50 -- Entertainment 52 -- Art and Literature 56 -- PIONEERING WOMEN -- New Opportunities at Work 62 -- The 'Girl of the Period' 64 -- The 'New Woman' 66 -- Sport 68 -- Dress 72 -- Intrepid Women 74 -- Women and Education 80 -- Women and Medicine 82 -- Women's Mission 84 -- Women and Politics 87 -- Afterword 90 -- Notes on the Text 91 -- Select Bibliography 92 -- Index 94 -- Acknowledgements 96.

ISBN

0810965801
9780810965805
1851773304
9781851773305

LCCN

00107868

OCLC

ocm46697907
46697907
SCSB-1258736

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library